llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoOcean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Stationspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up145
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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoYeah we probably should start being more careful about dumping our spacecraft, but not sure the ISS is the one to experiment on.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoIt’s really too bad NASA won’t boost it up and “park” it in space. I reckon Point Nemo is going to be a treasure trove for some future archaeologists.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoExtra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYou mean when it breaks up…
minus-squarebasmati@lemmus.orgBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThis is not correct if it broke up in a circular orbit
Yeah we probably should start being more careful about dumping our spacecraft, but not sure the ISS is the one to experiment on.
It’s really too bad NASA won’t boost it up and “park” it in space.
I reckon Point Nemo is going to be a treasure trove for some future archaeologists.
Extra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
You mean when it breaks up…
It will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
This is not correct if it broke up in a circular orbit